Physiological threat sensitivity predicts anti-immigrant attitudes.
Immigration
anti-immigrant attitudes
psychophysiology
skin conductance
threat sensitivity
Journal
Politics and the life sciences : the journal of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences
ISSN: 1471-5457
Titre abrégé: Politics Life Sci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8800535
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2023
03 2023
Historique:
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2023
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2023
medline:
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2023
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Résumé
Research finds that the perception that immigrants are culturally and economically threatening is associated with negative attitudes toward immigration. In a largely separate body of work, psychophysiological predispositions toward threat sensitivity are connected to a range of political attitudes, including immigration. This article draws together these two literatures, using a lab experiment to explore psychophysiological threat sensitivity and immigration attitudes in the United States. Respondents with higher threat sensitivity, as measured by skin conductance responses to threatening images, tend to be less supportive of immigration. This finding builds on our understanding of the sources of anti-immigrant attitudes.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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